Stuck TWICE today! It's becoming an embarrassing joke. Who the hell is going to take a ride in the thing if there's a distinct chance you'll be trapped? Not good for the city and not good for British Airways. Wonder if they're reconsidering their sponsorship?
That sounds about right to me. If the whole thing goes tits up, then surely the money behind the loan is taxpayers' money .... that's you and me. And I don't agree that my taxes should be spent on a vanity project on Brighton seafront.
Shirley one challenge will be that there are unlikely to be return customers (once you've been up that's it) so they will be depending on "new" customers all the time? Unlike a pier where people are happy to enjoy the experience on multiple occasions.
Friend of mine went on it last week during school holiday time. They arrived early and were told no problem to go on an earlier "flight" than the one they had booked. Their "flight" had about 80 people in the 200 capacity pod. If that's the best they can do in the way of numbers during the...